by Tara Stiles | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog
A few simple tips on getting into a moving rather than posing system of yoga, and on getting into you. 1) Strala moves slowly with your breath. If you try to push yourself into poses, in line with traditional yoga, it might seem fast to you. If you move easily into your own body, not fast at all. It just feels good, because you feel good. 2) Strala is a moving rather than posing system. You move slowly & easily everything you have, in every direction you can. You won't get stuck in poses, or anywhere… by Tara Stiles | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog
Are you waiting for it to be over? Or waiting for it to begin? Don't wait. Get into it. Right where you are, wherever you are, you can get into everything there is. This works in yoga. Sure we've all seen it. Low lunge, time to check the toe nails! Down dog, when does the interesting stuff begin? Well, it's right here. Anywhere you are, in any pose, you can feel into everything you have. Just relax, explore, and feel in every direction, from right where you are. It doesn't begin when you get to the next… by Tara Stiles | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog
"Hoping for a future where people stop trying to do yoga poses & start reconnecting with their whole selves." Tara recently shared this on Facebook. It makes sense to a lot of people, this idea of getting into all of you - not just a few poses - by feeling. No worry about other people's rules, no rigid ideas about "correct" ways to do things. Just using your yoga to practice what you want in your life. Although, Tara's writing did confuse a few people. Stop doing poses? You're telling us to stop doing yoga?? How come you do… 
by Tara Stiles | Aug 29, 2013 | Blog
Hi Friends, I hope you are about to settle into a great weekend of winding down summer and settling into your fall. I recently handed in a project I've been working on for a while, and finishing up a few tail ends on other things and getting myself organized and settled so the rest of the year can unfold with ease. I took a bit of time to clean out a bunch of things in our house that needed to be done that had been literally piling up month after month. I went through it all, sorted and packaged everything… by Tara Stiles | Aug 29, 2013 | Blog
So you want to stand on your hands? Ok here's the secret. It has three parts. 1) Drop the pose goals, and get into your body. Rolling around in cat-cows, relaxing, and getting every inch of your body to move - just by moving your hips - will be more valuable to you than years of jumping up and down trying to stick the pose. 2) Stop trying to get your feet to go from the ground to the sky. It's easy to focus on the extremities, your hands and feet. They cover the greatest…